There is water in the streets. It’s there when it rains hard, when tropical weather blows through, when the highest tides of the year align with phases of the moon and when Lake Okeechobee water is diverted into canals and drained into the ocean.
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A Coastal Star Special Report:
Rising Water: New signs of rising sea levels cause concern
Adapting to change: First the probable, then the practical when it comes to building | Deeper waters: Fights over sea rise just beginning | Maps: Estimates of l
“We know we’re going to have sea rise. This is literally a one-way street now. The only thing we’re discussing now is how fast, it’s not whether anymore, and then eventually how much.”
— Dr. Harold Wanless, chairman of the Department
Graphic by Bonnie Lallky-Seibert/The Coastal Star
SOURCES: Maps: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Category 1 Storm Surge Height Estimates: Florida Division of Emergency Management
GRAPHICS: Bonnie Lallky-Seibert and Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
A Coastal Star Special Report:
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This home on a bluff in Nantucket, Mass., will most likely fall into the ocean at some point because of accelerating erosion. Photo by Richard Gelpke
A Coastal Star Special Report:
Rising Water: New signs of rising sea levels cause concern
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Dozens of concerned neighbors meet Oct. 19 along Marine Way in Delray Beach to see the effects of high tides along the Intracoastal Waterway. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
A Coastal Star Special Report:
Adapting to change: First the probable, then the
